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G. A. PPENNING.

GLOVE FASTENING.

No. 507,927. I Patented Oct. 31,1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL AUGUSTPFENNING, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 507,927, dated October31, 1893;

Application filed June 15,1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AUGUST PFEN- NING, a subject of the King ofPrussia, residing at Barmen-Rittershausen, in the Province of RhenishPrussia, Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Fasteners for Gloves, Shoes, 850., of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in the fastenings for gloves,shoes, leggings and other articles described in United States Patent No.493,559, of March 14, 1893, and the object of this invention is toenable the fastening to be opened from twp sides, so that when a-numberof fastenings are applied for example to a glove the inner ends of thelooking levers can be connected by a cord by which the levers can bereleased in unison, while at the outer ends each individual fasteningcan be opened by pressing the finger on the lever.

In the accompanying drawings the fastening is shownon enlarged scale inFigures 1 to 6. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the fastening. Fig. 2is a plan view of the lever in engaging position. Fig. 3 is a Viewsimilar to Fig. 2 the lever being in releasing position. Fig. 4 is asectional elevation of the lever housing. Fig.'5 is a side elevation ofthe tube and lever. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the head. Fig. 7 showsa series of fastenings on a glove.

When several fastenings are applied to a glove and are to be connectedby a cord, it is advantageous if the cord is placed into the interior ofthe glove. But since in case the cord should break the opening of thefastenings might be difficult, I have devised an arrangement foractuating the levers not only from within by the cord, but also fromwithout by pressure of the finger, so that each fastening can be openedfrom two sides. For this purpose the lever 72. is extended at both endsthrough the rim of the housing g, both lever ends lying in suitableslots or openings to w of the housing rim, the edges of which slotsconstitute fulcrums for the lever, so that the lever can be actuated aswell from its cord end as from its opposite end'which is provided with afin ger-piece k The lever end provided with an eye h for the attachmentof a cord is herein conveniently designated Serial No.47'7,703- (Nomodel.)

its cord end. Suitable power applied at either end of the lever asindicated either by arrow 1 (Fig. 2) or by arrow 2 (Fig. 3) will movethe lever to its releasing position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2so that in both cases the lever passes out of the circumferential groovee of the head a. The lever h in its swinging motions moves in a planeparallel with the wall of the housing 9, and if the cord end of thelever is moved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2, one edge of theslot to constitutes a fulcrum for the lever in juxtaposition to thefinger-piece k while if the finger-piece b is moved in the direction ofthe arrow, Fig. 3, one edge of the slot to constitutes a fulcrum for thelever in'juxtaposition to the cord end h. The springf is arranged tomove the lever h when released so as to cause its projection 'u to passthrough the cut or lateral opening in tube cl, no matter whether thelever has been actuated at one end or the other. The circumferentialgroove 6 of head a allows the button to turn or swivel withoutpreventing the engagement of lever 7 so that the button can be securedin place in any position or can turn while being put in place or afterit is in place without destroying the efficiency of the fastening. Bygiving the head a comcal or pointed shape, such as the frustunl of acone shown in Fig. 6 the insertion of the head to its fastening orlooking position is facilitated.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

V A fastening for gloves, shoes, and other articles, consisting of alocking head a, a housing g, provided with opposite elongated slots toand w, and a single swinging lever 72, oscillating in a plane parallelwith the Wall of the housing and having its opposite ends extendingthrough and 'both movable back and forth in the said elongated slots ofthe housing, one end of the lever having an eye to connect with anoperating cord, and the other end having a finger-piece k substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CARL AUGUST PFENNING. Witnesses:

RUDOLPH FRICKE, ROUNSEVELLE WILDMAN.

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